ISPF Editor Line Command Reference

This is a list of the various commands that can be entered into the field alongside the individual lines of the file that you are editing using the ISPF editor. The field usually contains either ''''' or line numbers. These commands usually act on the data line that is alongside and may also affect adjacent lines if a number is typed alongside. With block commands the command needs to be entered on both the first and last lines to define a block of lines.

Command

Function

<

Data shift leftshifts a single line of program source code to the left without affecting the program labels or comment ie. data from column one to the first blank and data following several blanks are not moved. May be specified with a number identifying the distance to move (default 2).

<<

Block data shift left All of the lines in the block are affected as if you typed individual data shift left commands. May be specified with a number identifying the distance to move (default 2).

>

Data shift right As for data shift left but the opposite direction. May be specified with a number identifying the distance to move (default 2).

>>

Block data shift right

(

Column shift left Works similarly to data shift left but moves everything within the bounds, nothing stays fixed in place. May be specified with a number identifying the distance to move (default 2).

((

Block column shift left

)

Column shift right

))

Block column shift right

a

Afterused with copy, move, or paste to specify the line after which the copied/moved lines are to be inserted.

b

Beforeused with copy, move, or paste to specify the line before which the copied/moved lines are to be inserted.

bnds

Display bounds above this line Displays the current boundary positions which can be changed by tying < and > in the new boundary positions that you require.

c

CopyCopies this line either to another place within the current file (using a, b, or o to identify destination) or to another file (using the create, replace, or cut commands). Can be specified with a number to indicate that multiple lines are to be copied.

cc

Block copy

cols

Display the column ruler above this line

d

DeleteDeletes this line from the file. Can be specified with a number to indicate that following lines are also to be deleted.

dd

Block delete

f

Display the first excluded line Can be specified with a number to display more than one excluded lines. This command is only valid on excluded lines.

i

Insert a new line after this one Can be specified with a number to insert multiple lines.

l

Display the last excluded line Can be specified with a number to display more than one excluded lines. This command is only valid on excluded lines.

lc

Convert all text on this line to lower case Can be specified with a number to convert more than one line to lower case.

lcc

Block convert to lower case

m

MoveWorks the same as copy except that the lines are removed from their current location.

mm

Block move

mask

Display the mask line above this one The mask defines the default content for inserted lines.

o

Overlay (used with copy and move to specify the line into which the copied/moved line is to be inserted - only spaces are replaced). Can be specified with a number to indicate that following lines are also to be overlaid.

oo

Block overlay (the lines to be copied/moved are inserted into the block as many times as they will fit)

r

Repeat - create a duplicate of this lineCan be specified with a number to indicate that additional duplicate lines are to be produced.

rr

Block repeatCan be specified with a number to indicate that multiple duplicates of the block are to be produced.

s

Show the excluded line that has the least indentation Can be specified with a number to display more than one excluded lines. When multiple lines are displayed they may not be together. This command is only valid on excluded lines.

tabs

Show the tab settings above this lineHardware tabs positions are indicated by asterisks (*) and software tabs by hyphens (-) or underscores (_).

te

Text Entry mode - allows bulk insert following this lineYou can start entering data without paying any attention to lines as the text will wrap automatically. Press the enter key to exit from text entry mode.

tf

Text flow - flows the text between the margins for this line and following lines until a blank line is found, the indentation changes, or a special character (period, colon, ampersand, less than, or form feed) is found in the first column.

tj

Text Join - merges this line with the following one

ts

Text split - splits this line in two You need to position the cursor at the position on the line where you want the split to occur.

uc

Convert all text on this line to upper case Can be specified with a number to convert multiple lines.

ucc

Block convert to upper case

x

Exclude this line from the display Can be specified with a number to exclude multiple lines. This command is useful when you need to view two blocks of data that are in different locations within the file, just exclude the intervening data from the display.

xx

Block exclude

.

label assignmentYou can assign a label to any non-excluded line by typing a period followed by the label name. The label can then be used to identify the line in primary commands. You cannot start labels with "z" as these labels are reserved for system use.